Phytoplankton composition of the Kandalaksha Gulf, Russian White Sea: Dinophysis and lipophilic toxins in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

• Published in: Harmful Algae
• Main Authors: Vershinin, Alexander, Moruchkov, Anton, Morton, Steve L., Leighfield, Tod A., Quilliam, Michael A., Ramsdell, John S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: phycotoxins; dinophysis; prorocentrum lima; DSP; shellfish poisoning; white sea; phytoplankton; HAB; Russian Arctic; Arctic; White Sea; Kandalaksha; Kandalaksha Gulf; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2005.11.004; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=e975ef75-fc3e-485f-b8e1-70402005dc61; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=e975ef75-fc3e-485f-b8e1-70402005dc61

Dinophysis acuminata and D. norvegica were observed in plankton net samples during the summer of 2002 from the Kandalaksha Gulf in the White Sea (North European Russia). Prorocentrum lima was found as an epiphyte on subtidal macroalgae in August, but not observed in plankton net samples. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibition measured 127.8 ng OA-equivalent/g of mussel (Mytilus edulis) hepatopancreas from samples collected a few days after when Dinophysis was recorded at a density of 1550 cells L?1. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry confirmed presence of several classes of lipophilic shellfish toxins associated with Dinophysis spp. in the mussels including okadaic acid, dinophysistoxin-1, pectenotoxins and yessotoxins. No azaspiracid was detected. This represents the first identification of phycotoxicity in the White Sea Peer reviewed: Yes NRC publication: Yes